By HOPE YEN, LISA MASCARO and CATHERINE LUCEY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, withdrew Thursday in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor, saying the “false allegations” against him have become a…
. WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says President Donald Trump is urging his nominee for Veterans Affairs secretary, Dr. Ronny Jackson, to keep fighting to win confirmation. The Oval Office meeting comes as Jackson’s nomination has been imperiled by allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior. The official says Jackson is denying the allegations. The official…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says a second felony charge filed against him is another effort by St. Louis’ top prosecutor to “smear” his name. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Friday charged the Republican governor with felony tampering with computer data. That charge is in addition to a felony invasion-of-privacy…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top Republican legislative leaders abandoned fellow GOP Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, calling on him to resign instead of continuing to fight allegations that he illegally took advantage of both a charity he founded and a woman with whom he had an affair. Greitens quickly replied that he won’t…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Governor Eric Greitens is firing back at accusations of criminal wrongdoing with his charity, the Mission Continues. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced during a press conference on Tuesday that his office has recovered evidence that Greitens may have broken the law. “Mr. Greitens obtained an electronic donor list created by…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are weighing after the release of the House Special Committee report on embattled Governor Eric Greitens. The cites testimony from a woman who claims Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokeswoman for Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign says she raised roughly $3.9 million for her re-election bid in recent months. Spokeswoman Meira Bernstein on Monday announced the campaign’s latest fundraising results. McCaskill ended 2017 with more than $9 million to spend on her re-election bid. After recent fundraising…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House committee has rejected a bill meant to give terminally ill patients access to medical marijuana. The Columbia Missourian reports that Republican Rep. Jim Neely’s bill failed to make it out of the Legislative Oversight Committee on Wednesday. New Approach Missouri is a group campaigning to legalize medical…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokesman for Gov. Eric Greitens says he hopes to nominate new members to the Missouri Ethics Commission next week. Vacancies on the commission mean it has too few members to meet with a quorum. The committee has before it a complaint about whether Greitens’ gubernatorial campaign told the truth…
By BLAKE NELSON, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate is considering whether to permanently unplug the state’s touchscreen machines amid concerns that electronic voting machines might be susceptible to hackers. The proposal, which already passed the House in a 108-31 vote, would require voters to use paper ballots exclusively. Machines could still…